Right now, I don’t have much to write about- but there are some things that I want to say. And, I’ll warn you that it is quite random.

things that bother me:
1. The AJC’s Sunday edition is available for purchase on Saturday. So basically, my Sunday newspaper is like 2 days old. I guess I should check the web for news updates.

2. My job tries to charge me $0.15 for a cup of water. Are you freaking kidding me? And then when I bring in our special work cup, you want to check my drink and make sure that I got water?

things for me to be excited about:

1. School starts on Wednesday- AND I like my classes. This time next year I’ll be “Erin Davis, M.Ed”.

2. Football is back on TV. Yes, it’s preseason. Yes, it’s 5th string. Yes, it’s slow. But it’s FOOTBALL!

3. My sisters are following in my footsteps and are trying out for the volleyball team. WHEN they make the team, I might seriously have to venture out to PHX to check them out on the court.

old school songs for right now:

1. “Incomplete” – Sisqo
2. “On Broadway” – George Benson
3. “The Love We Had” – Dru Hill

I suppose I’m in a music mode right now, but recently I’ve been thinking of how the words of Marvin Gaye’s classic hit “What’s Going On” are so true in today’s society. I remember listening to this song in the car with my dad (probably the same car with no air-conditioning that I reference in the previous post)

I know we could all sing the song from memory, but look at some of the lyrics:

“Mother, mother/There’s too many of you crying/Brother, brother, brother/There’s far too many of you dying/You know we’ve got to find a way/To bring some lovin’ here today…Father, father/We don’t need to escalate/You see, war is not the answer/For only love can conquer hate/You know we’ve got to find a way/To bring some lovin’ here today…”

Another song that our parents would appreciate that is true for today’s society would be “Wake Up Everybody” by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Check the lyrics:

“Wake up everybody no more sleeping in bed/No more backward thinkin, time for thinkin ahead/The world has changed so very much/From what it used to be/There is so much hatred, war, and poverty/Wake up all the teachers time to teach a new way/Maybe then they’ll listen to what you have to say/Cause they’re the ones who’s coming up and the world is in their hands/When you teach the children teach them the best you can.”

And just the other day, Sherrell and I were talking about John Mayer’s song “Waiting on the World to Change”, and how it may be the “What’s Going On” for our generation. Some of the lyrics are:

“Now if we had the power/To bring our neighbors home from war/They would’ve never missed a Christmas/No more ribbons on the door/When you trust your television/What you get is what you got/Cuz when when they own the information ooohhh/They can bend it all they want…”

I suppose we find that art reflects life and that life reflects art. I’m not sure if this is the chicken and the egg debate or the nature/nurture debate, but I guess it’s interesting to see how some things, no matter how much time has passed, will generally always hold some sort of relevance.

“This song was 30 years ahead of its’ time.” ~My Daddy, on “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye